Santa on a Bike [1]
Imagine it is 1888, and you are on a Colorado mountain road, riding your new mountain bike. Look out for that hole in the road! Oh, that wasn't so bad. Your new mountain bicycle, with its full suspension, eased the jolt. How wonderful. What are they going to invent next?
That scenario couldn't have happened? Wrong! Check out Golden Oldy Cyclery in Golden, Colorado, to see what was the rage in the late 1800s. The design of the 1888 full suspension mountain bicycle rivals that of current 21st Century mountain bikes!
Old Bicycle Tools and Accessories [2]
What else might you find at Golden Oldy Cyclery? How about a mock 1889 bicycle repair shop? Did you say you needed a new headlamp for your bike? Check out their display of early bicycle headlamps, or peruse the array of other Victorian Era accessories and clothing.
As you look at their displays, is there part of an old poem about a bicyclist's misadventures that keeps going through your mind -- or a piece of bicycle trivia? You seem to remember part of it but not all? Ask the staff at Golden Oldy Cyclery. As of early 2004 they had catalogued over five hundred poems about the adventures -- and misadventures -- of old cyclists. They also have a research library of over 42,000 pages concerning the history and people of cycling.
Staff Inside the Golden Oldy Cyclery [3]
Regardless of your cycling interests, Golden Oldy Cyclery will probably whet your appetite for more. They can probably satisfy that appetite, too.
Photo Credits
- Public domain. Courtesy of Steve Stevens
- Public domain. Courtesy of Steve Stevens
- Public domain. Courtesy of Steve Stevens
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